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pisca

See also: pișca

Catalan

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Verb

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pisca

  1. inflection of piscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

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Etymology 1

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Onomatopoeic. Compare Spanish pizca.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

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pisca m (plural piscas)

  1. pinch; a small amount
    Synonyms: gran, nisco
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References

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  1. ^ Joan Coromines, José A. Pascual (1983–1991) “pellizcar”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Etymology 2

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Verb

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pisca

  1. inflection of piscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Portuguese

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Etymology 1

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Front and side turn signals working

Deverbal from piscar (“blink”).

Noun

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pisca f (plural piscas)

  1. (Portugal) indicator (UK, Australia, New Zealand), turn signal (US), blinker (informal, US), direction indicator
    Synonyms: (Portugal) pisca-pisca, (Brasil) seta

Etymology 2

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Verb

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pisca

  1. inflection of piscar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

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Spanish

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Quechua pishku, pisqu.

Noun

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pisca f (plural piscas)

  1. female equivalent of pisco (“turkey”)

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from Classical Nahuatl pixca.[1]

Noun

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pisca m (plural piscas)

  1. (Mexico) harvesting (of coffee, cotton and corn in particular)[2]

References

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  1. ^ “pixca” in Diccionario de americanismos, Asociación de Academias de la Lengua Española, 2010.
  2. ^ “pisca”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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